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  • From: Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] The Newest Apple: Red to the Core
  • Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:32:49 -0400


On Jul 20, 2010, at 1:48 PM, mIEKAL aND wrote:

> (I'm not understanding what grafting has to do with breeding a new
> cultivar.... ~mIEKAL)

I understand that breeding work can be done much faster if you graft a part
of a seedling onto a mature bearing tree - it tricks the seedling branch into
thinking it is mature enough to fruit without waiting 7-25 years for the tree
to actually mature.

That'd be my guess as to what grafting has to do with breeding.

Ginda



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